Silent Earth

Averting the Insect Apocalypse

Dave Goulson

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English

Vintage
20 September 2022

Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Insects (entomology); Social impact of environmental issues; Wildlife: butterflies, other insects & spiders; The Earth: natural history general

An urgent and compelling new book from the bestselling author- his first major work of popular science and environmental activism - part love letter to the insect world, part elegy, part rousing manifesto for change.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
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*SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2022
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We have to learn to live as part of nature, not apart from it. And the first step is to start looking after the insects, the little creatures that make our shared world go round.

Insects are essential for life as we know it - without them, our world will slowly grind to a halt. Drawing on the latest ground-breaking research and a lifetime's study, Dave Goulson reveals the shocking decline of insect populations that has taken place in recent decades and the potentially catastrophic consequences.

Eye-opening and inspiring, Silent Earth is a call to arms for profound change at every level and a passionate argument or us to love, respect and care for our six-legged friends.

'Compelling, penetrating, devastating - Silent Earth is a wake-up call for the world.' Isabella Tree, author of Wilding

'Read this book, then look and wonder' Sunday Times

By: Dave Goulson
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9781529114423
ISBN 10: 152911442X
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 20 September 2022
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dave Goulson is Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex. He has published more than 300 scientific articles on the ecology and conservation of bumblebees and other insects. His books include the Sunday Times bestsellers The Garden Jungle and A Sting in the Tale, which was also shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize and has been translated into fifteen languages. He is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, a trustee of Pesticide Action Network, and an Ambassador for the UK Wildlife Trusts.

Reviews for Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse

Read this book, then look and wonder * Sunday Times * A powerful book * Mark Cocker, Financial Times * Thoughtful, frightening and yet hugely enjoyable... This book will make you think differently about our right of dominion over the planet * Daily Telegraph * It's remarkable that insect decline has gone largely unnoticed by non-specialists... Keep dreaming, Dave Goulson. We'll need more dreamers like you * The Times * If Silent Earth contains a single incontestable message it is that nature - insects, flowers, plants, trees, birds and mammals, including our species - is a single system... This powerful book tells us that we need to act as if we understand this essential truth * Financial Times *